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Thread: Epoxy for cracks in table
Post: RE: Epoxy for cracks in table
OneStaple Wrote: (10-05-2022, 10:01 PM)
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Hey all,
I picked up some butcher block for a decent price, and plan to use it to make an assembly table/workbench (not hardcore for hand planing, etc.).... |
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10-06-2022, 08:00 PM |
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Thread: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Post: RE: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
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Thanks to all who suggested alternate woods. After careful consideration of the intended use of the bench (by a firepit) and my budget and gas prices and grocery prices, I decided to use... |
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06-15-2022, 08:18 AM |
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Thread: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Post: RE: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
jteneyck Wrote: (06-01-2022, 07:30 PM)
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If you can still buy white oak for around $2.75/bf I recommend you buy all you can store. In WNY white oak is twice that for plain sawn 4/4 and twice that f... |
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06-02-2022, 05:41 AM |
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Thread: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Post: RE: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Gary G™ Wrote: (05-31-2022, 09:43 AM)
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What will the white oak cost you?
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Where I live, about $5.00 - #13.50/bdft, depending on thickness and cut. Cedar ranges from $10.25 and up, if you can ge... |
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06-01-2022, 06:16 AM |
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Thread: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Post: RE: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Gary G™ Wrote: (05-30-2022, 04:16 PM)
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I remember buying clear Cypress for $1.10/BF
Now, lots of the mills are closed or closing.
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I also remember gas for 29.9 a gallon and hamburger f... |
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05-30-2022, 06:43 PM |
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Thread: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Post: RE: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Admiral Wrote: (05-29-2022, 06:17 PM)
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Well, shipping would be involved, but $4.60 bd ft aint bad, less then Western Red Cedar; https://walllumber.com/products/fine-softwoods/ and less than white o... |
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05-29-2022, 09:12 PM |
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Thread: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Post: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
I want to build a garden bench that will stay outside for most (or all) of the year, Whren I was a kid (many, many years ago) we had a Cypress bench my grandpa built and it lasted a long time.
Unfo... |
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05-29-2022, 02:26 PM |
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Thread: Cedar Chest
Post: RE: Cedar Chest
Great work! Shows real skill |
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12-27-2021, 04:10 PM |
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Thread: Hope Chest Completed
Post: RE: Hope Chest Completed
Absolutely beautiful great work! |
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12-27-2021, 04:08 PM |
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Thread: Split Top Roubo Completed!
Post: RE: Split Top Roubo Completed!
nice work! I finished mine about 2 years ago. It kinda hurts when the first dent is made in it but you get over it pretty fast!:D:D |
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12-07-2021, 04:36 PM |
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Thread: Allergic to Ash?
Post: RE: Allergic to Ash?
Try wearing a pair of latex gloves next time you work with the ash. |
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11-22-2021, 07:21 PM |
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Thread: Pine sap coming through stain.
Post: RE: Pine sap coming through stain.
stoppy Wrote: (06-14-2021, 09:21 AM)
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Talked to the table's owner, she doesn't care about the sap only brought it up 'cuz son pointed it out, likes the color it is stained. Problem solved. :D
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06-14-2021, 06:38 PM |
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Thread: Recently completed smoothing plane
Post: RE: Recently completed smoothing plane
Beautiful - Excellent work! |
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05-12-2021, 08:06 PM |
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Thread: Another sharpening thread with a twist
Post: RE: Another sharpening thread with a twist
My Grandfather, who served in WW1, spent his entire life as a finish carpenter. He worked in some of the finest houses on the main line in Philadelphia. When he passed, he had a coarse and a fine sto... |
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05-05-2021, 01:41 PM |
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Thread: crosscut saws for $500!?
Post: RE: crosscut saws for $500!?
I have a different theory. What if his wife said: "Why don't you sell those old saws - you never use them!" So, he listed them at astronomical prices. If nobody responds, he can say: "There's no mark... |
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04-28-2021, 07:21 PM |
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Thread: DIY drying wood
Post: RE: DIY drying wood
I would try polyethylene glycol (PEG). Submerge the piece in the PEG for 1-2 weeks. The PEG will displace the water and prevent cracking. Air dry as needed. Actual times will depend on the thickness ... |
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04-22-2021, 05:21 AM |
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Thread: Using birch
Post: RE: Using birch
I built a Roubo style workbench out of flame birch. Very heavy - which is what I wanted. vSo far (3 years) no problems with chipping and it doesn't seem to dent very easily. |
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04-17-2021, 07:48 AM |
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Thread: Hanging display box for spoon collection
Post: RE: Hanging display box for spoon collection
You could try a bevel at the back of the hole you drilled. Alternatively, you could glue a small square dowel underneath the shelf do that the spoon handle could not rotate backwards, keeping the bowl... |
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04-15-2021, 07:12 AM |
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Thread: Stuck at home
Post: RE: Stuck at home
Beautiful chair! Well done.
My "stuck at home" projects include fixing a wobbly chair (may become firewood), repairing a coat hook device, building an Adirondack chair for Mother's Day, and buildin... |
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03-31-2020, 07:25 AM |
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Thread: Saber saw replacement suggestions needed
Post: RE: Saber saw replacement suggestions needed
Thanks again to all who responded. I used the Bosch yesterday to cut some plexiglass panels I've been wanting to install and it worked like a dream!
Regarding my old Craftsman, I;m of the school th... |
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03-24-2020, 09:47 AM |